• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
    TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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2007 starting issues continue

Bartz

Husqvarna
B Class
So I had cold and hot start issues. Fiddled with carby with no luck so took it to a professional to undo my handywork. He took it back to where it was, think it was only in need of mixture adjustment.
So cold start not too bad now, needs a tiny bit of throttle though which is against Husky instructions.
BUT hot starts are IMPOSSIBLE! It cranks and nearly starts but then pops and stops then in no time the electric starter drains (new battery in place). Tried the kickstart but it's impossible too. I leave it off to give battery a rest and for a while it'll recover charge but still no start. Then sometimes during all this with very little starter action it'll start up quick (rare)
I'm losing my cool with it very quickly, can anyone save me from getting over dirt bikes before I've even begun?
I'll be in the shop again monday with instructions to fix or I'm over it!
HELP!!!
 
So I had cold and hot start issues. Fiddled with carby with no luck so took it to a professional to undo my handywork. He took it back to where it was, think it was only in need of mixture adjustment.
So cold start not too bad now, needs a tiny bit of throttle though which is against Husky instructions.
BUT hot starts are IMPOSSIBLE! It cranks and nearly starts but then pops and stops then in no time the electric starter drains (new battery in place). Tried the kickstart but it's impossible too. I leave it off to give battery a rest and for a while it'll recover charge but still no start. Then sometimes during all this with very little starter action it'll start up quick (rare)
I'm losing my cool with it very quickly, can anyone save me from getting over dirt bikes before I've even begun?
I'll be in the shop again monday with instructions to fix or I'm over it!
HELP!!!
The professional you brought it to the first time isn't very professional. If you bring the bike in for a hard start problem, They should fix the problem...wouldn't you say? Sounds like they didn't do much. You could have tight valves, a carb that needs cleaning, hot start button usage, intake leaks, etc. Without having the bike in front of me I can't diagnose it from here. A true professional should though. And it shouldn't take much effort to find out what it is.
 
I would check your valves. 10 min job requiring an 8mm and a set of feeler gauges. Sounds like what my bike was doing when it started eating an inlet valve.
 
Ah to be fair to the pro, I gave details of my changes and the existing cold start issue and also mentioned hot start. They addressed half of it and charged very little. Previous I had a major service at another pro who mainly works on jap bikes. He replaced valves, maybe he got them too tight?
The new guy is a KTM race team mechanic so I'm guessing he knows his stuff and euro idiosincracies?
I really just need this thing to be reliable so I can improve my skills on the bike before mastering the mysteries of a 4 stroke!
Bloody good fun while its going though!
 
Sounded identical to mine before valve adjustment. 3 of 4 were tight with 2 having ZERO clearance!! Now it starts just looking at the start button and keeps me grinning ear to ear ;)
 
Hmm has me thinking maybe the mechanic adjusted them too tight. He is reputable but works mainly on Jap bikes, is there a difference in valves?
 
Hmm has me thinking maybe the mechanic adjusted them too tight. He is reputable but works mainly on Jap bikes, is there a difference in valves?
No. valve clearance is valve clearance. Even the shim sizes are the same between 450 japs and 450 huskies. If you have confidence in your original dood, then pay the guy to fix it. The problem isn't anything major. Even a carb rebuild and valve adjustment shouldn't take more than 2 hours for both, with some pilot needle tuning included to get it to idle nice and start easy....unless the guy who replaced your valves didn't know what he was doing. If he put the valves in without facing the seats then they may not seal. Though the fact that it starts cold leads me to believe otherwise.
 
OK so the pro's had a look at it and couldn't find anything in particular wrong by running it hot in the garage. He thought it might just be technique, so I practiced in my garage where all starting was no problem. So off on an all day trail ride and for half the day no worries, then it started to get harder, some investigating by a few others and we found that a few blips on throttle and it'd start then a little latter this didn't work so adjusted to no throttle and using hot start button and this worked. Mind you NO CHANCE when in gear. So it seems I just have to put up with a temperamental starter?
A bit frustrating when I jumped on an older 2003 KTM exc450 which started in a millisecond at the push of the button no matter if in gear or not.
So do I just adapt to this foible or do I do what every other Aussie does and get a KTM?
 
my 2007 TE 450, 2 snaps of the throttle on first start of the day, every time after that has to be in neutral and no throttle. Not an issue for me, just pull up in neutral. If you come off on a hill or whatever and don't want to find neutral I pull the hot start and it will start in gear.
 
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